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Originally Posted by 4X4
I think I might reserve judgement, after reading the whole article. The grandfather says that the child was only sick for 4 days, and that the mother thought it was the flu. If that is true, it casts it in a different light. Kid is sick, with what looks like a common illness, she put him to bed for a few days, and bought some natural remedies to hopefully speed the recovery.
Personally, I have a big debate in my head every time my kid is sick. Am I wasting everyone's time by taking her to the doctor when she appears to have a cold? I don't want to sit in a waiting room for two hours to be told by the doctor that she needs rest. On the other hand, I'm not a doctor. I don't know what he sees when he sticks the tongue depressor in her mouth. So is it prudent to take her to the doctor?
As for this mother, the one thing that I think is pretty eyebrow raising is that there are no medical records for the child. So he didn't get any of his vaccinations at 6 months and 18 months and 4 years (or whatever it is, I'm not pulling out the vaccination card to make my point), and he's never, ever been sick enough to go see a doctor? Even once? No tonsils, no head cracking off a coffee table? Nothing? Seven years old?
As much as I want to get really angry, maybe this time I'll wait to see what the courts decide.
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I agree with you that I debate with my son as well. However, for her to be charged, especially so quickly there must be a pretty obvious case to be made of neglect.
Is she guilty? I don't know, but I would think no medical records are a huge flag here, and maybe they uncovered other incidents when doing interviews.
I don't think any parent is going to get charged if their kid gets the flu, and has a seizure. Most times they will look and see you tried to the bare minimum of what a parent should do. There must be something in this case yet reported that was so past reasonable it caused them to quickly move.
It may not have been her intent to neglect, but it is just sad that this boy suffered due to the mental shortcomings of his mother.